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San Diego Exclusive Le Labo's Musc 25

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Alexandria UK San Diego Exclusive Le Labo's Musc 25 is an Eau de Parfum. San Diego Exclusive Le Labo's Musc 25 opens with Ambergris and Aldehydes, settles into a heart of Rose, Violet Leaf, and Lily Of The Valley, and dries down to a base of Musk, Cedar, Vetiver, and Patchouli. Alexandria UK's San Diego Exclusive Le Labo's Musc 25 carries an Acquired verdict, a musky-led wear.

A budget alternative to Le Labo's cult Musc 25, hitting the soapy aldehyde-musk opening well but with a sharper, more synthetic edge in the first hour before settling into a fair approximation of the original's powdery drydown.
  • Clean
  • Sophisticated
  • Soapy
  • Understated
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Profile

Composition

Timeline

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Accords

Musky
75%
Powdery
50%
Aldehydic
45%
Woody
40%

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Performance

Longevity
Moderate (4-6h)
Projection
Moderate
Intensity
Moderate

Mood

Mood Energising
Calming
Character Playful
Serious
Sentiment Uplifting
Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:
Spring Summer Fall
Also Works:
Winter

Community season votes for Le Labo Musc 25 Los Angeles, the fragrance this is built to match, favour spring, summer and autumn.

Best Occasions

Best For:
Date Casual
Also Works:
Office Formal

Wearers put Le Labo Musc 25 Los Angeles, the fragrance this is built to match, at its best for date nights and casual wear.

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San Diego Exclusive goes after the warm, soapy, aldehyde-and-musk signature of Le Labo Musc 25 - a scent famous enough to have earned city-exclusive status - and the opening lands reasonably close, with a bright, mineralic ambergris-aldehyde combination that recreates the original's polarising soapiness. Some wearers find this opening a touch sharper and more synthetic than the smoother original, needing 15-20 minutes to settle. The floral heart, built from rose, lily-of-the-valley and violet leaf, is a fair simplification of the original's more layered floral facet, and the cedar-vetiver-musk base gives a comparable clean, powdery finish, if slightly less rounded than the real thing. As an Extrait de Parfum-style concentration it performs well for the price, with solid longevity and a sillage that softens to an intimate skin scent after a few hours. For anyone curious about the famous Musc 25 formula without hunting down the city-exclusive original, this is a genuinely close and cost-effective way in.

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